Labor Day

And labor we did.

We had guests for the weekend who were just wonderful. Two breakfasts which included new recipes, they were adventuresome. But both were really scrumptious!

Elegant Eggs which turned out to be really high fluffy eggs served piping hot with a dollop of sour cream and a drizzle of lingonberry sauce. We first experienced lingonberries in Norway and they were delicious. That was served with fresh local bacon, english muffins, orange juice, and locally grown peaches and pears. Today I served Baked Eggs and I believe that the company liked this recipe even better. These are made in individual 8 ounce baking dishes and so yummy. We had slices of my heirloom tomatoes and herbs from the garden, pumpkin apple muffins (apples picked yesterday from one of the apple trees I planted for the wedding 6 years ago), ham slices, fruit, cranberry apple juice and coffee.

Ethan came in at the tail end of breakfast and had his breakfast with the guests. He was made to be an innkeeper. He's a natural.



Dad and Ethan tore down old rotted boards from out back porch and temporarily "fixed" the part where the wall attaches to the roof and then Rob used some old flashing that he had from his grandfather and cemented and tarred parts of the porch roof that had disappeard. We're still wondering what to do with the back porch. I'd like a more permanent structure, one with heat that I could have my washer and dryer in but that probably will be sometime in the distant future.



Ethan then took over Jon's job of trimming the bushes and did a fantastic job! I had trimmed some of the front about 2 months ago but with the heat and the rain everything was very overgrown. He kept saying he knew nothing about trimming bushes but did an excellent job. That's good because I don't think Jon will be home anymore when it's appropriate to trim.



And we made up a big basket of 42 and 44's local produce for Ethan to take back to the city. Heirloom tomatoes all the way from northern New York. And I had to include several potatoes that he had harvested the day before. And then after a long nap, it was back in the car for the journey back to the Big Apple.